John H. Washburn, President, 
Elbridqe G. Snow, Vice-President, 
Areunah M. Burtis, ) 
William H. Cheney, { 
Secretaries, 
Henry J. Ferris, ) 
Emanuel H. A. Correa, > Ass’t Secretaries. 
Frederic C. Buswell, ) 
CASH CAPITAL, $3,000,000. 
Itnsiirantf #0tnpng 
OF NEW YORK. 
BANK OF AMERICAN FORK, Agent, 
American Fork, Utah, 
Junius Young, Special Agent, 
Atlas Block, 
Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Ame rican Pork. Apr». 
Mr. 1 BR^WHTER, 
Oanb^id^e, Mass. 
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I have the plsasn^e to announce tiiat one of ray colJ.ectos 
has taken (on the 8th in.st) a eanplete nest,male biPl and set of 
prtR e.ycs of CLARICBS CROW. .1 have raade a specia.lty of studying 
this rare species dUY-ing the past 10 years and ha-'T spent consider 
able rnone;’’ in sending expeditions into tlie high hil.ls after their 
nests ,but have only been reua'^ded in two of the seasons . 
Th9 fi'^'st was 2 yea'^s ago when flr.hunsdons pa>'t 3 '’ co.llected 
n,/^-^rx/l and young , each nest with pa-^ents. These sets went to 
Miss Bells collection and no doubt you a-^e farailliar with then* 
The sane collector* took tlie n^5 this Spiking captu'^ing tiie raale 
pa'^ent sitting. In fact all t.he parents taken ’.ve^'P collected that 
Way as tliey ■'Till not ,in any event leave the nest. Mr.Bunsdon 
about one week late'’ took n/3 and parent,reraale,but the eggs I 
do not thi^ik can possibly be p^epa^ed o''.?ing to the •'Ye''’y large 
lerab'^yos* lie 3 Uffe’'’ed many hs’^dships and nearly was caught in a 
snow slide during his t'‘ip» There was 5 feet oM snow nnde.r tne t.ree 
^lo’T I do not know of any nests or eggs of this species in Mass. 
arid-felt tnat T sliould of.^o''* than to yoi.i as an old and valued 
pa:^"on in yea'^’s past. I hold theni at .$70.00 this being *$10. 
fo■” each egg,nest and pa’^’ent. The e,ggs are nicely b,lown, incuba¬ 
tion being about one week* t-?ie nest is ve^’v well taken but not 
with the limb as it was placed upon two la>’ge lirabs* The male 
parent is iiade up into a skin by mj/self and not nice.ly done as 
I neve'" co'ild make a decent skin but it is perfect and can be 
readily nade up again o*' raounted. 
T am j’Tct now sending tiie outfit to Mr.Ba*"low fo'" the 
inspection of the Coope’" Club membo'’s at the next meeting.Manyv 
of then a’’e pe'^sonal f'’iends and tliey have not as yet seen 
the nest no” eggs of this species* 
Chould you wish the outfit at p'^’ice named please to let me kno y 
at an ea’"ly date and as soon as tney are returned from Calif i 
will send them on to you, if you wisii tiiera and if they p’"6ve 
as T leave described you may then send the money. 
Tt is a unique set and places the T.mber o.t' eggs as laid by the 
bi-*"d at a large’'’ numbe'* than anyone has discovered.A full 
do sc ■'’■'-P t i on of the taking of this rarity will/apjoear in tlie Condo?'. 
